The Chhattisgarh assembly election result 2018 will be declared today. The counting of votes for Chhattisgarh assembly election will begin at 8 am. Chhattisagrh went to polls in two phases on November 12 and 20 for all 90 assembly seats. The BJP has been in power in Chhattisgarh for 15 years. And, a majority of the exit-polls predicted a change of government in Chhattisgarh.

Around 70 per cent voter turnout was registered in the first phase of the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls, the Election Commission (EC) said Monday. The turnout was likely to go up as the final figures were yet to be received, Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha said. In the first phase, voting was held in 18 of the 90 Assembly seats in Chhattisgarh.

Chhattisgarh CM Raman-Singh kickstarted the Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign for the assembly election from Konta constituency in Sukma district. "I appeal to the people of the region to vote for the BJP because development is visible here. My task is to get 60 plus seats," the CM said while campaigning for partys Konta candidate Dhani Ram Barse in Dornapal, about 35km from district headquarters.